Seasonal variations in the incidence of some congenital anomalies in Puerto Rico based on the timing of conception

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-125

  De La Vega, Alberto ^a,c   Ronald, L C ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c NONE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cardiac anomalies; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Conception; Gastroschisis; Open neural tube defects; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PUERTO RICO; SEASON;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GASTROSCHISIS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PUERTO RICO; SEASONS;

EID: 67650367206     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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